Many people don't realize the continued importance that mainframes play in their everyday lives including banking, travel, healthcare and insurance. Organizations are under increasing pressure to protect their IT operations from ever growing threats and to comply with more stringent regulations in their industry. Mainframe security solutions must provide comprehensive,...

Many people don't realize the continued importance that mainframes play in their everyday lives including banking, travel, healthcare and insurance. Organizations are under increasing pressure to protect their IT operations from ever growing threats and to comply with more stringent regulations in their industry. Mainframe security solutions must provide comprehensive,...

One of the biggest challenges finance organizations face today is that their systems are old and increasingly irrelevant. They simply cannot handle current business needs. Read the whitepaper to see how Workday addresses four major areas of weakness in such legacy financial management systems: speed, agility, cost, and insight.

The financial system you are running today can likely trace its heritage back to the 80s and 90s. The needs of finance organizations have changed dramatically. If you’re considering a new financial management system, read the whitepaper to learn the six must-haves it must include.

The benefits of cloud computing—a high return on investment, greater staff efficiencies, optimization of IT resources, and enhanced visibility and access to information—have piqued the interest of finance leaders. Read the whitepaper to discover the benefits of moving finance operations to the cloud.

A new study from Saugatuck Technology shows 51% of finance and IT executives feel their existing systems limit their ability to reach strategic goals. The culprits? No flexibility, siloed systems, poor access to information, and the high cost of maintenance. Read the report for the fascinating conclusions from the study.

2014 has already proven to be an incredibly challenging and exciting year for customer support. With the backdrop of the changes TSIA identified in the new world of B4B, and all the traditional pressures faced by support services organizations, we are witnessing a pace of change that the majority of...

This whitepaper discusses:
The specific requirements of application release and deployment automation platforms in order for it to prove beneficial, effective, and offer a substantial return on investment
How to evaluate a release automation platform

In today’s ultra-competitive business landscape, organisations are always looking for the best way to deliver secure, new business services to their customers. But to do this, organisations must find a “new balance” of security across two critical business imperatives: growing the business and protecting the business.

Forrester's 69-criteria evaluation of human resource management systems (HRMS) can help you choose the right solution to meet your business needs. Read this 15-page report for a market landscape overview, vendor strengths, and comparisons, and to learn why Workday was named a leader among select companies.

A recent study revealed many senior finance executives want to improve the quality of information available to management, but struggle with translating their business needs into technology solutions. Watch this video to learn how new technologies are giving finance a better, faster, and more complete picture of their business.

Mobile devices are everywhere, and every employee in your enterprise has one. In order to give employees access to the information they need, your apps must work collaboratively, on the go, and in real-time. Watch this webinar for an overview of Workday's current offerings for mobile HR and finance applications.

Mark Nittler, vice president of enterprise strategy at Workday, explains how legacy finance systems can't keep up with the needs of today's enterprise. You’ll learn how the next generation of financial management focuses on speed, agility, cost, and insights—all delivered in the cloud.

This demonstration shows how an organization using IBM Platform Computing workload managers can easily and securely tap resources in the IBM SoftLayer public cloud to handle periods of peak demand and reduce total IT infrastructure costs.

Big data can be confusing. Especially when it comes to finance. But, it can also give you a huge competitive advantage. Read the eBook to get clear-cut answers on what big data really is and why it should be so important to you and your finance organization.

Today’s CFOs are strapped with old systems that are inflexible and holding back their business. It’s no surprise that innovative CFOs are finding freedom with cloud-based financial management applications. See the infographic to learn how CFOs are transforming their organizations in the cloud.

Mobile security is more than protecting the device. It is protecting applications on the device and preventing data leakage in the enterprise. IBM Security AppScan helps determine vulnerabilities early in the application development cycle to eliminate vulnerabilities malware can exploit.

Though the global economy is still shaking off the effects of the past and current financial crises, banks in both the emerging and developed economies have an opportunity to manage enormous capital growth and wealth creation. To regain customer confidence and earn their slice of the increasingly competitive market, banks...

Despite a return to profitability for many banks, the industry still needs to identify new sources of revenue to compensate for declining investment banking activities. For a number of universal banks strapped by regulations, transaction banking has emerged as a key to revenue and profits.

With IBM analytics for big data with a smart mobile strategy, banks can increase wallet share and assets under management while lowering the organization’s operating ratio by using more efficient channels.

As executives witness data’s proven impact on performance and innovation and recognize its strategic significance, they also realize the growing need for a leader whose primary role is to understand and advocate on behalf of data: The Chief Data Officer.

"Big data”– which admittedly means many things to many people – is no longer confined to the realm of technology. Today it is a business imperative and is providing solutions to long-standing business challenges for banking and financial markets companies around the world. Financial services firms are leveraging big data...

In today’s modern banking world, customers and employees demand the highest level of application performance. To capture attention and retain customers, applications must consistently perform, introduce regular functional upgrades and run anywhere on any device. This paper explores the challenges that today’s banking CIOs and CTO’s face in evolving their...

Application performance matters. Customers, employees and partners demand reliable access to rich applications that consistently perform well anytime, anywhere and on any device. Failure to provide this level of performance often leads to lower productivity, customer dissatisfaction, decreased revenue and market share, and damage to brand reputation. This white paper...

As business contiue to globalize and support a distributed, around the-clock workforce, it is become more important than ever to deploy and infrastructure that offers a seamless, straightforward experience for all end-users. This includes accessto enterprise applicaitons and data anytime, anywhere, using any device, from a variety of networks. As...

In January 2014 EMC commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study and examine the potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realise by deploying EMC VPLEX. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of EMC...

In this report, HDI shares the current practices of technical support staffs, across more than thirty industries, regarding their practices related to using mobile devices to provide support to end users. This report is based on information of 233 technical support organizations and provides insight into not only the...

In this whitepaper Grow Your Business with Confidence Using SAP Business One evaluates the benefits of having a single solution to run the entire business and provides strategic insights that leads to solid decision making. Read this whitepaper and learn how other growing businesses have benefited from using SAP Business...

Corporate networks are under a constant state of siege - not just from threats but from the pressure of supporting the ever-growing number of clients, devices and platforms that have resulted from the BYOD phenomena. Network demands will only increase as we move to the internet of things adding sensors...

Struggling to find the right payroll solution? You’re not alone. The Hackett Group’s new study reveals just how many organizations continue to struggle with their payroll operations. Read the full report to learn about payroll trends, current challenges, and what changes are in store for global payroll technology.

This special report by Webster Buchanan Research examines the changing shape of the multi-country payroll sector, assessing trends and developments that impact the way organizations tackle the challenges of managing their international payroll operations.

Legacy financial management systems were not built for the requirements of today’s businesses. They can crank out financial statements, but it is virtually impossible to get real-time operational insight without a huge technology infrastructure. Read the whitepaper to learn the five steps necessary for a better financial management solution.

Challenged by an inflexible financial management system? You’re not alone. Finance executives everywhere are seeing the need for a system that can easily adapt to changing priorities and processes. Download this whitepaper to explore the key pain points CFOs are experiencing with their financial-management systems—plus solutions to combat them....

HR and Financials together? Research indicates 81% of organizations believe it’s important to align the workforce to goals and financials, yet 46% say Finance doesn’t work with HR to improve the process. Read this whitepaper from Ventana Research for a complete report on unifying the management of people and financials....

2014 has already proven to be an incredibly challenging and exciting year for customer support. With the backdrop of the changes TSIA identified in the new world of B4B, and all the traditional pressures faced by support services organizations, we are witnessing a pace of change that the majority of...

Mobile security is more than protecting the device. It is protecting applications on the device and preventing data leakage in the enterprise. IBM Security AppScan helps determine vulnerabilities early in the application development cycle to eliminate vulnerabilities malware can exploit.

In today’s ultra-competitive business landscape, organisations are always looking for the best way to deliver secure, new business services to their customers. But to do this, organisations must find a “new balance” of security across two critical business imperatives: growing the business and protecting the business.

This whitepaper discusses:
The specific requirements of application release and deployment automation platforms in order for it to prove beneficial, effective, and offer a substantial return on investment
How to evaluate a release automation platform

Forrester's 69-criteria evaluation of human resource management systems (HRMS) can help you choose the right solution to meet your business needs. Read this 15-page report for a market landscape overview, vendor strengths, and comparisons, and to learn why Workday was named a leader among select companies.

A recent study revealed many senior finance executives want to improve the quality of information available to management, but struggle with translating their business needs into technology solutions. Watch this video to learn how new technologies are giving finance a better, faster, and more complete picture of their business.

Mobile devices are everywhere, and every employee in your enterprise has one. In order to give employees access to the information they need, your apps must work collaboratively, on the go, and in real-time. Watch this webinar for an overview of Workday's current offerings for mobile HR and finance applications.

Mark Nittler, vice president of enterprise strategy at Workday, explains how legacy finance systems can't keep up with the needs of today's enterprise. You’ll learn how the next generation of financial management focuses on speed, agility, cost, and insights—all delivered in the cloud.

One of the biggest challenges finance organizations face today is that their systems are old and increasingly irrelevant. They simply cannot handle current business needs. Read the whitepaper to see how Workday addresses four major areas of weakness in such legacy financial management systems: speed, agility, cost, and insight.

The financial system you are running today can likely trace its heritage back to the 80s and 90s. The needs of finance organizations have changed dramatically. If you’re considering a new financial management system, read the whitepaper to learn the six must-haves it must include.

The benefits of cloud computing—a high return on investment, greater staff efficiencies, optimization of IT resources, and enhanced visibility and access to information—have piqued the interest of finance leaders. Read the whitepaper to discover the benefits of moving finance operations to the cloud.

A new study from Saugatuck Technology shows 51% of finance and IT executives feel their existing systems limit their ability to reach strategic goals. The culprits? No flexibility, siloed systems, poor access to information, and the high cost of maintenance. Read the report for the fascinating conclusions from the study.

Big data can be confusing. Especially when it comes to finance. But, it can also give you a huge competitive advantage. Read the eBook to get clear-cut answers on what big data really is and why it should be so important to you and your finance organization.

Today’s CFOs are strapped with old systems that are inflexible and holding back their business. It’s no surprise that innovative CFOs are finding freedom with cloud-based financial management applications. See the infographic to learn how CFOs are transforming their organizations in the cloud.

Many people don't realize the continued importance that mainframes play in their everyday lives including banking, travel, healthcare and insurance. Organizations are under increasing pressure to protect their IT operations from ever growing threats and to comply with more stringent regulations in their industry. Mainframe security solutions must provide comprehensive,...

Many people don't realize the continued importance that mainframes play in their everyday lives including banking, travel, healthcare and insurance. Organizations are under increasing pressure to protect their IT operations from ever growing threats and to comply with more stringent regulations in their industry. Mainframe security solutions must provide comprehensive,...

This demonstration shows how an organization using IBM Platform Computing workload managers can easily and securely tap resources in the IBM SoftLayer public cloud to handle periods of peak demand and reduce total IT infrastructure costs.

Banks need a robust enterprise risk analysis and reporting solution to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency while reducing the costs and burdens of compliance. This paper will focus on the many risk reporting challenges facing banks. It will then outline the best practices banks need to improve reporting and manage...

Privileged account management (PAM) is the forgotten arm of identity and access management. This e-book provides essential information on the common security issues with PAM, backed by real-world examples. Are you doing enough to manage your privileged accounts? Download the e-book to find out.

Modern organizations are under intense pressure to provide accurate, reliable, and speedy financial information to business decision-makers. Furthermore, complying with global standards has become more of a headache than ever before. How do you know if financial management in the cloud is right for you? This data sheet takes an...

Tech leaders are familiar with the common cost categories such as salary, benefits, rent, and travel, but they may be unaware of all the available cost categories. Download this sample to help define and document your organization's chart of accounts.

Concurrency is pervasive in large systems. Unexpected interference among threads often results in "Heisenbugs" that are extremely difficult to reproduce and eliminate. The authors have implemented a tool called CHESS for finding and reproducing such bugs. When attached to a program, CHESS takes control of thread scheduling and uses efficient...

An increase in the use of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities such as computers and the Internet in the perpetration of criminal activities like spamming, credit card frauds, ATM frauds, phishing, identity theft, denial-of-service, and a host of others has lent credence to the view that ICT is...

Microsoft Excel is a software developed by Microsoft. It is a spreadsheet program that features an instinctive interface and highly capable calculations, which can be used with graphing tools. It has been the dominant spreadsheet used for the last decade and has continued to grow with additional features and have...

Use of online banking is rapidly increasing as 370 million users' banks online across the globe. However, the increased use of online banking is accompanied by rapidly growing fraud incidents. For example, in 2008 England suffered online banking fraud losses that amounted to ?53 million, and the U.S. had hundreds...

This two year research initiative in collaboration with IBM focuses on key trends, best practices, challenges, and priorities in enterprise risk management and covers topics as diverse as culture, organizational structure, data, systems, and processes.

Aria Systems provides a SaaS subscription billing and customer lifecycle management platform that helps businesses establish better control of their finances. Their business need is to demonstrate PCI DSS compliance as a Level 1 Merchant, implement PCI solution quickly and without additional staff and improve physical and virtual server configuration...

A global financial institution, Rothschild Bank AG has numerous branch offices with IT managed centrally from Zurich. Their business need is to attain visibility across a multi-location, multi-platform IT infrastructure, implement an automated, cost-efficient method for monitoring change activity and establish accountability through more stringent change and access control. Tripwire...

IT departments require a solution that meets the evolving needs of the business, employees, and IT - something not possible with a traditional PC model. Desktop modernization is about evolving from the PC-centric model to a user-centric model. This paper illustrates the benefits of moving beyond the physical PC to...

No longer is work a place, but rather an idea that is ubiquitous, constant and borderless. Employees want access to their data and applications anytime, anywhere, from any device, so that ideas, collaboration and innovation aren't limited to business hours or office buildings. To keep up with these changing and...

MYTRAK Health System is a health and wellness company delivering solutions that engage people to get fit, stay fit, and make better choices in their day-to-day lives. MYTRAK Health System wanted to support over a million users at 4,000 separate health clubs with a highly available, scalable, and cost-effective fitness...

Bank of Shanghai is one of the most dynamic and influential banks in China. According to The Banker's 2004 Top 1,000 world banks listing, Bank of Shanghai is also among the biggest in the world. It needed to overhaul the legacy IT environment into an integrated core banking system and...

Medicare Australia is an Australian Government agency that plays a key part in the Australian health sector. An important role for Medicare Australia in administering these programs is to make payments efficiently and to produce accurate and reliable information when it is needed for health decision making. The agency achieves...

With the right technology in place, companies can provide evidence that their controls are effective, and compliance audits may thus be a less painful and expensive process. Organizations hoping to achieve this can begin by: Understanding the compliance lifestyle Implementing Content-aware IAM solution Leveraging compliance to improve business efficiency...

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